Like in real world, where 80% of the Earth surface is covered with water, the Second Life map shows also a gigantic ocean with a lot of islands and continents. The main difference is that the intersim space is in fact a vido (or a void), where nothing exists. The continents and the islands are separated by this large void. The intercontinental waters (or the intercontinental void) forms the oceans. [http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Land/ocean/qaq-p/1658893]

Like in real world, where 80% of the Earth surface is covered with water, the Second Life map shows also a gigantic ocean with a lot of islands and continents. The main difference is that the intersim space is in fact a vido (or a void), where nothing exists. The continents and the islands are separated by this large void. The intercontinental waters (or the intercontinental void) forms the oceans. [http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Land/ocean/qaq-p/1658893]

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Oceans are composed of microcontinents (see [[Microcontinent]]), sim clusters (see [[Sim Cluster]]), sim groups (see [[Sim Group]]), sims that cannot be grouped (see [[Unassociated Sims]]) and remote sims. You can find more about them at the [[List Of Microcontinents And Sim Clusters]]. A [[Grid Sector]] is a sector of the map.

== The lack of names ==

== The lack of names ==

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Nobody made a clear map of the oceans. Some names could be found at [[ContinentDetector]]. On Earth, we find the boundaries of the oceans to be continents. So, this method can also be used here. It is strange that our world has 10 years and still there is no map of the oceans and no official names.

Nobody made a clear map of the oceans. Some names could be found at [[ContinentDetector]]. On Earth, we find the boundaries of the oceans to be continents. So, this method can also be used here. It is strange that our world has 10 years and still there is no map of the oceans and no official names.

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There could be some reasons for that. A comparation of the grid map shows that every year its shape is different. Every day 100 sims are changed [http://www.gridsurvey.com] in various ways: new sims are created, sims are deleted, change their name or their position. Even entire private continents are formed or deleted from time to time.

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There could be some reasons for that. A comparation of the grid map shows that every year its shape is different. Every day 100 sims are changed [http://www.gridsurvey.com] in various ways: new sims are created, sims are deleted, change their name or their position. Even entire private continents are formed or deleted from time to time. Allready, from August to Octomber 2013, new sims appeared in places where there was nothing.

[[File:World Map 18Aug09.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Map in 2009]]

[[File:World Map 18Aug09.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Map in 2009]]

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== Name suggestions ==

== Name suggestions ==

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Since there are not many suggestions for ocean names, I decided to name them myself. If anybody has a better suggestion, is free to help and improve. Also if the Linden officials son't agree with these names, they are free to delete this article. As far as Octomber 22th, 2013, people suggested me to change some names. and make the naming system more simple. The grid itself changed shape.

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=== Central Ocean ===

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As required from some residents, the new oceanic borders are much more visible and use larger continents as borders. Also, smaller strucures are included into larger ones.

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[[File:Central Ocean.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Central Ocean]]

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Major oceans are:

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is the ocean between the mainland continents. It is separated at East by the continent cluster formed by [[Satori]], [[Nautilus]], [[Corsica]] and [[Gaeta 1]]. In West, it ends at the shores of [[Heterocera]], [[Sansara]] and [[Jeogeot]].

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[[File:Celebration Sea.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Celebration Sea]]

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This is a subdivision of the Central Ocean. It is East to [[Heterocera]] and has almost the surface of Heterocera. Usually, there are no islands in that area. The Celebration Sea is used for party and celebrations and the sims created there are deleted after the party. It usually has no private islands. This sea was the place for the SL 10th birthday party in 2013.

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=== Gaeta Sea ===

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[[File:Gaeta Sea.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Gaeta Sea]]

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[[Little Pacific Ocean]]

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The sims between [[Gaeta 1]] and [[Gaeta 5]] form a single sea. This sea can be included to the Central Ocean more easily then to Eastern Ocean. It has a big density of sims.

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=== Eastern Ocean ===

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[[North - West Ocean]]

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[[File:Eastern Ocean.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Eastern Ocean]]

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[[Southern Ocean]]

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This ocean is East to [[Gaeta 5]] and [[Blake Sea]]. It is not as large as the oceans in West or North and it always was not very large. This ocean has 3 large groups of islands. The waters near Gaeta continents host no sims. Even if the great project about the large Gaeta continent is abandoned, the area remains unused.

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[[Western Ocean]]

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=== Remote Eastern Sea ===

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== Maps And Pictures ==

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[[File:Remote Eastern Sea.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Remote Eastern Sea]]

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This is the most Eastern group of islands. They form an isolated group and can be included into the Eastern Ocean. They are listed separately because of their isolation. However, these islands are not as far as [[Zindra]]. This adult continent is twice as far from grid center (Sansara) them the Remote Eastern Sea.

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File:Central Ocean.jpeg|Central Ocean

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=== Sharp Islands ===

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File:Celebration Sea.jpeg|Celebration Sea

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File:Celebration Sea.jpeg|Celebration Sea

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[[File:Sharp Islands.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Sharp Islands]]

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File:Eastern Ocean.jpeg|Eastern Ocean

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File:Gaeta Sea.jpeg|Gaeta Sea

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They are a small group of islands in the Eastern Ocean. They are all what is left from the old Second Life Teen Grid private islands. Their number has decreased to about a third since the teen grid was united with the main grid. Their position is close to the [[Sharp Continent]] (what was the mainland for the teen grid).

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File:Remote Eastern Sea.jpeg|Remote Eastern Sea

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=== Estate Sea ===

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File:Little Pacific Ocean.jpeg|Little Pacific Ocean

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File:Estate Sea.jpeg|Estate Sea

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[[File:Estate Sea.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Estate Sea]]

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File:Far North Ocean.jpeg|Far North Ocean

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This sea is between [[Sansara]] and [[Jeogeot]] and expands to West, to include the private [[Estate Continent]]. Majority of the sims close to the continent belong to the estates on the continent. Also, the Estate Sea has some large islands, made with up to 15 sims; some of them are not opend to public access.

The name was suggested for this ocean by some residents who own land on some islands with beautiful oceanic beaches that look like the islands of Polinesia. This ocean has the following limits: mainland continents [[Heterocera]] and [[Sansara]] and private [[Estate Continent]] in East, while in West the boundaries are less clear marked by the small private continents [[Caledon - Winterfel]], [[Fairchang]] and [[Uhre Continent]]. The density of islands seem to be higher in North then in south.

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[[File:Far North Ocean.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Far North Ocean]]

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This is a vast ocean, with many sims included. It covers a large part of the grid. Islands are more and more rare in North and more frequent in South. Its boundaries are marked by small private continents, like [[Eden]], [[Europe Continent]] and [[Wild West]].

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[[File:Northern Ocean.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Northern Ocean]]

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The Northern Oceanis a place souther then the Far North Ocean. Its boundaries are as follow: In South, it expands to the mainland continents of [[Gaeta 1]], [[Heterocera]] and the private continents of [[Caledon - Winterfel]] and [[Irish - Bonaire]]. To South, the limit is marked by [[Eden]] and [[Europe Continent]]. It doesn't expand so much to West like the Far North Ocean.

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[[File:Premium Sea map.png|200px|thumb|left|Map Premium Sea]]

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This little sea includes only two of islands. They are the most southern sims on the grid. One group is formed by 4 sims and hosts the premium railway and the other is also made of 4 sims and hosts the premium snowlands. All these islands have access only for premium residents. Their position is South to Premium South 3 continent (see [[Premium Continents]] for more information).

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[[File:Remote North Ocean.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Remote North Ocean]]

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This is a group of islands far in the North-East. It can be also named Remote North Sea.It is clearly separated from any other sims by a large void. The sim density is very low.

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[[File:Remote south East Sea.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Remote south East Sea]]

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[[File:Remote South West Sea.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Remote South West Sea]]

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The sea could hardly be included in the Western Ocean. The sims here are usually owned by institutions like the american Cancer Society. Not all the sims are for public access. Part of these sims could be owned by tutorial estates and could be available only for teen residents (see [http://secondlife.wikia.com/wiki/Teen_SL] - about teens - for more info). This sea hosted a continent without public access (see [[List Of Continents]] for info). In late July 2013, this continent vanished from the grid.

It is placed South from the private continents [[Irish - Bonaire]] and [[Uhre Continent]]. To East, the border is marked by the [[Fairchang]] continent. The borders of this ocean are not well defined, since the continents around it are not big. To South-West, separated at a big distance, is the Remote South-West Sea. Also, in South, very isolated, are 3 sims that on map appear as a white dot.

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[[File:Southern Ocean.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Southern Ocean]]

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[[File:Western Ocean.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Western Ocean]]

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It is West to South-Western Ocean. It is separated to East by [[Eden]] and [[Irish - Bonaire]] continents, while in North, the boundary is the [[Wild West]] continent. It could include the Remote South-Western Sea.

Older maps showed another sea in South-East, much longer and at a larger distance then the actual Remote South-East Sea. It no longer exists. Also, some private islands existed in the waters around [[Zindra]]. This process happen probably not just twice and will also happen in future. The Gridsurvey [http://www.gridsurvey.com/] shows that in september 1st 2013, the grid has 26830 regions (sims) active. 75141 sims existed from the birth of Second Life until that date, with a historical maximum of about 34000.

Older maps showed another sea in South-East, much longer and at a larger distance then the actual Remote South-East Sea. It no longer exists. Also, some private islands existed in the waters around [[Zindra]]. This process happen probably not just twice and will also happen in future. The Gridsurvey [http://www.gridsurvey.com/] shows that in september 1st 2013, the grid has 26830 regions (sims) active. 75141 sims existed from the birth of Second Life until that date, with a historical maximum of about 34000.

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The space beyond the most remote sims to the border of the grid forms the void ocean. Dimensions are unknown, but it could be about as wide as the populated part of the grid.

The space beyond the most remote sims to the border of the grid forms the void ocean. Dimensions are unknown, but it could be about as wide as the populated part of the grid.

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Every sim has coordinates. You can get coordinates in 3 ways: with the help of a script, with a tool from marketplace or from Gridsurvey. A script uses the functions [[llGetRegionCorner]] or [[llRequestSimulatorData]] (the first function is more simple). Tools are in different models and from different merchants. At Gridsurvey, follow this link [http://www.gridsurvey.com] and type the name of the sim you want. Anyway, since every sim has coordinates, it's easy to find coordinates for continents and oceans (like in real world). The following coordinates are for each sea and ocean described above. The numbers are : ''longitude (min - max) / latitude (min - max)''. Unlike continents, oceans are a lot much larger and their boundaries are not well defined. So, if a sim is at te border of two oceans, it might appear in both. If you like Math, you can compare these numbers with the numbers from [[List Of Continents]] (see the links for each continent) and find out how big the oceans really are.

Every sim has coordinates. You can get coordinates in 3 ways: with the help of a script, with a tool from marketplace or from Gridsurvey. A script uses the functions [[llGetRegionCorner]] or [[llRequestSimulatorData]] (the first function is more simple). Tools are in different models and from different merchants. At Gridsurvey, follow this link [http://www.gridsurvey.com] and type the name of the sim you want. Anyway, since every sim has coordinates, it's easy to find coordinates for continents and oceans (like in real world). The following coordinates are for each sea and ocean described above. The numbers are : ''longitude (min - max) / latitude (min - max)''. Unlike continents, oceans are a lot much larger and their boundaries are not well defined. So, if a sim is at te border of two oceans, it might appear in both. If you like Math, you can compare these numbers with the numbers from [[List Of Continents]] (see the links for each continent) and find out how big the oceans really are.

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Celebration Sea: 1014-1040/1020-1045

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=== Previous coordinates ===

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Estate Sea: 982-1000/800-1000

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#Celebration Sea: 1014-1040/1020-1045

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#Estate Sea: 982-1000/800-1000

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#Premium Sea: 990-1020/400-500

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#Remote Eastern Sea: 1300-1450/1300-1450

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#Remote North East Sea: 368-568/1470-1670

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#Remote North Ocean: 368-568/1470-1670

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#Sharp Sea: 1130-1160/950-1000

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#West Gaeta Sea: 1100-1160/1100-1130

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#Central Ocean: 1030-1100/980-1135

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#Eastern Ocean: 1179-1500/500-1500

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#Far North Ocean: 300-1700/1260-1700

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#Little Pacific Ocean: 900-1000/600-1040

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#Northern Ocean: 600-1200/1020-1260

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#Remote South East Sea: 1240-1290/680-780

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#Remote South West Sea: 414-614/642-842

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#South West Ocean: 400-910/400-730

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#[[Central Ocean]] 1030-1100/980-1135

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##Celbration Sea 1014-1040/1020-1045

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#[[Eastern Ocean]] 1100-1400/900-1400

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##North Basin 1100-1200/1180-1400

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##Gaeta Sea 1100-1160/1100-1180

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##Serena 1185-1215/1133-1150

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#[[Far North Ocean]] 300-1700/1260-1700

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#[[Far West Ocean]] 400-680/900-1200

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#[[Little Northern Ocean]] 910-1100/1067-1200

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#[[Little Pacific Ocean]] 910-1000/900-1067

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##Estate Sea 982-1000/800-1000

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#[[Northern Ocean]] 680-1100/1200-1400

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#[[North - West Ocean]] 400-680/1200-1400

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#[[Southern Ocean]] 400-1100/400-900

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All maps of oceans and grid sectors can be downloaded. They are hosted on [http://www.mega.co.nz Mega], the succesor of Megaupload and probably the most secure data host & transfer system. You need google chrome for this. To download, [https://mega.co.nz/#F!OJMAHBYC!EtkGzGon19wtXaA7NNRPGQ CLICK_HERE].

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West Gaeta Sea: 1100-1160/1100-1130

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Oceans, oct 2013, click for large

Like in real world, where 80% of the Earth surface is covered with water, the Second Life map shows also a gigantic ocean with a lot of islands and continents. The main difference is that the intersim space is in fact a vido (or a void), where nothing exists. The continents and the islands are separated by this large void. The intercontinental waters (or the intercontinental void) forms the oceans. [1]

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The lack of names

Nobody made a clear map of the oceans. Some names could be found at ContinentDetector. On Earth, we find the boundaries of the oceans to be continents. So, this method can also be used here. It is strange that our world has 10 years and still there is no map of the oceans and no official names.

There could be some reasons for that. A comparation of the grid map shows that every year its shape is different. Every day 100 sims are changed [2] in various ways: new sims are created, sims are deleted, change their name or their position. Even entire private continents are formed or deleted from time to time. Allready, from August to Octomber 2013, new sims appeared in places where there was nothing.

Map in 2009

Older maps show that entire groups of islands are created and deleted from time to time. The map in the up-right corner of this article is made in august 30th, 2013. It can be compared with these maps below:

Name suggestions

Since there are not many suggestions for ocean names, I decided to name them myself. If anybody has a better suggestion, is free to help and improve. Also if the Linden officials son't agree with these names, they are free to delete this article. As far as Octomber 22th, 2013, people suggested me to change some names. and make the naming system more simple. The grid itself changed shape.

As required from some residents, the new oceanic borders are much more visible and use larger continents as borders. Also, smaller strucures are included into larger ones.

Maps And Pictures

The following maps were created in August 2013. Some of them are outdated. Please, use the links above to get updated maps (Octomber 2013) for every ocean.

Central Ocean

Celebration Sea

Celebration Sea

Eastern Ocean

Gaeta Sea

Remote Eastern Sea

Sharp Islands

Little Pacific Ocean

Estate Sea

Far North Ocean

Northern Ocean

Map Premium Sea

Remote North Ocean

Remote south East Sea

Remote South West Sea

South - Western Ocean

Southern Ocean

Western Ocean

Vanished Seas

Remote SE Sea, vanished, reapeared

Older maps showed another sea in South-East, much longer and at a larger distance then the actual Remote South-East Sea. It no longer exists. Also, some private islands existed in the waters around Zindra. This process happen probably not just twice and will also happen in future. The Gridsurvey [12] shows that in september 1st 2013, the grid has 26830 regions (sims) active. 75141 sims existed from the birth of Second Life until that date, with a historical maximum of about 34000.

Remote South East Sea vanished somewhere in September 2013. Incredible, but in February 2014, it came back to life.

Void Ocean

The space beyond the most remote sims to the border of the grid forms the void ocean. Dimensions are unknown, but it could be about as wide as the populated part of the grid.

Grid positon of a sim can be easy deduced with llGetRegionCorner function, These coordinates are used by Gridsurvey [13]. The Da Boom sim in Sansara has the coordinates 1000/1000. First coordinates are for longitude, second for latitude. The most Eastern sims have coordinates starting with 500, the most southern (Premium Sea) with 500, the moth Northern (Remote North Ocean) end up to 1500, while the most Western land (Zindra) has coordinates up to 1800. Suppose the South-East corner of the Void Ocean is at 0/0, the North-West corner should be at 2000/2000 to form a perfect square.

Coordinates

Every sim has coordinates. You can get coordinates in 3 ways: with the help of a script, with a tool from marketplace or from Gridsurvey. A script uses the functions llGetRegionCorner or llRequestSimulatorData (the first function is more simple). Tools are in different models and from different merchants. At Gridsurvey, follow this link [14] and type the name of the sim you want. Anyway, since every sim has coordinates, it's easy to find coordinates for continents and oceans (like in real world). The following coordinates are for each sea and ocean described above. The numbers are : longitude (min - max) / latitude (min - max). Unlike continents, oceans are a lot much larger and their boundaries are not well defined. So, if a sim is at te border of two oceans, it might appear in both. If you like Math, you can compare these numbers with the numbers from List Of Continents (see the links for each continent) and find out how big the oceans really are.

Download

All maps of oceans and grid sectors can be downloaded. They are hosted on Mega, the succesor of Megaupload and probably the most secure data host & transfer system. You need google chrome for this. To download, CLICK_HERE.